Addition of temporary precautionary requirement to the Import Health Standard for Sea Containers to manage the risk of brown marmorated stink bug for consignments exported from Italy until 2020

The Emergency Measures manage the biosecurity risk of containerized cargo and containers arriving to New Zealand from Italy during the brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB) aggregating season (1 September until 30 April) until 30 April 2020. These require all sea containers from Italy, excluding those containing vehicles, machinery and equipment, to be treated for BMSB, either offshore or at the port in New Zealand. Vehicles, machinery and equipment are excluded because these commodities must already be treated offshore.